During this holiday season, The Odyssey Online at ASU reporters want you to get to know us! Enjoy this holiday-themed post and learn what we are thankful for!

This season, I'm really thankful for my growth both mentally and physically. Last school year was really hard for me and at a point I felt I really lost myself. With this past semester almost under my belt, looking back I've really progressed with my mental healthy, with getting help and working at it a lot, and building myself physically to be healthy and feel good as well.

I'm particularly thankful for my therapist, Katie. She's helped me so much this year I can't thank her enough. She's given me a lot of really good advice and things to practice on that I've really been taking to heart. I'm also really thankful for my parents for introducing me to Katie.

It may sound cliche, but I am really thankful for the SDFC at ASU as well. Having the gym as an outlet has really helped with my general health overall and helped me build up my confidence tenfold. It gives me a sort of break from life during the day that is vital for me to function, which that may count as an addiction at this point, but it's the best addiction in that case because after going to the gym I just feel better physically and more mentally prepared to take on the day or to give myself a break and wind down at the end of my day.

Overall, I'm just thankful for all the progress I've made this past year and here's to more progress to come!